ATW - Downstage Center
The American Theatre Wing presents Downstage Center a weekly theatrical interview show, featuring the top artists working in theatre, both on and Off-Broadway and around the country.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 357
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2013
Teresa Eyring (#296) - December, 2010
Executive Director of the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), Teresa Eyring, talks about the work of the 50 year old service organization which boasts membership if some 500 of the country's professi…
01:03:13 |
Wed 01 Dec 2010
Judith Light (#295) - November, 2010
"Lombardi"'s leading lady Judith Light talks about her research into both the role and the real-life Marie Lombardi, and whether she thinks "Lombardi" is a "football play." She also talks about her e…
00:59:25 |
Wed 24 Nov 2010
Alison Fraser (#294) - November, 2010
"The Divine Sister"'s Teutonic nun Alison Fraser talks about her role, her prior work with -- and sharing a dressing room -- with playwright/actor Charles Busch. She also discusses her musical theatr…
01:01:32 |
Wed 17 Nov 2010
Howard Panter (#293) - November, 2010
Called "the most powerful man in English theatre" by "The Stage", co-CEO (with his wife, Rosemary Squire) and creative director of the Ambassador Theatre Group, Howard Panter, talks about the impact …
01:02:15 |
Wed 10 Nov 2010
Jim Simpson (#292) - November, 2010
Jim Simpson, artistic director of New York's Off-Off-Broadway The Flea Theater, charts the company's 15 year journey from a collective meant to last for only five years to an ongoing institution on t…
01:01:09 |
Wed 03 Nov 2010
Athol Fugard (#291) - October, 2010
South African playwright Athol Fugard discusses his newest work, "The Train Driver", during rehearsals at the Long Wharf Theatre, and explains why this play marks the end of a stage in his writing --…
01:04:45 |
Wed 27 Oct 2010
Sir Ian McKellen (#290) - October, 2010
One of the greatest classical actors of his generation, Sir Ian McKellen reflects on his more than 50 years on stage, explaining that he's really only qualified to voice his opinion on two topics: ga…
01:02:39 |
Wed 20 Oct 2010
Alfred Uhry (#289) - October, 2010
Playwright Alfred Uhry recalls the original production of "Driving Miss Daisy" in 1987 at Playwrights Horizons, lists the actresses he's had the opportunity to see play the title role - based directl…
00:55:28 |
Wed 13 Oct 2010
Jules Feiffer (#288) - October, 2010
Playwright Jules Feiffer, perhaps best known as a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, explains why he sees little difference between his comic work, screen work and stage work, as well as why he has n…
01:05:27 |
Wed 06 Oct 2010
Daniel Sullivan (#287) - September, 2010
Veteran director Daniel Sullivan talks about his suddenly busy 2010-11 Broadway season, which will see transfers of his productions of "Time Stands Still" from Manhattan Theatre Club, "The Merchant o…
00:59:48 |
Wed 29 Sep 2010
Elaine Paige (#286) - September, 2010
West End musical theatre star Elaine Paige discusses her three month sojourn in New York, including the recording of a new album of duets with artists ranging from Paul Anka to Sinead O'Connor, as we…
01:07:38 |
Wed 22 Sep 2010
Moisés Kaufman (#285) - September, 2010
Director, artistic director and playwright Moisés Kaufman discusses his newest project, the U.S. premiere of the 1940s opera "El Gato con Botas (Puss in Boots)", a collaboration between his Tectonic …
01:04:44 |
Wed 15 Sep 2010
Marin Mazzie (#284) - September, 2010
Marin Mazzie talks about taking on the role of Diana Goodman in Broadway's "Next to Normal" and whether she and her co-star/husband Jason Danieley take their work home with them after the show. She a…
00:57:32 |
Wed 08 Sep 2010
Cora Cahan (#283) - September, 2010
Cora Cahan, president of The New 42nd Street in New York, discusses her 20 years in the role of recapturing what was once the epicenter of Manhattan sleaze for theatre and family audiences. She talks…
00:59:47 |
Wed 01 Sep 2010
Kate Mulgrew (#282) - August, 2010
Downstage Center welcomes its second starship captain as actress Kate Mulgrew visits during her stint in the Off-Broadway comedy "Love, Loss, and What I Wore". She talks about being raised in an Iow…
01:01:58 |
Wed 25 Aug 2010
Martin Pakledinaz (#281) - August, 2010
Costume designer Martin Pakledinaz talks about creating the clothes for the recent Broadway revival of "Lend Me A Tenor", the commencement of planning for the spring 2011 production of "Anything Goes…
01:02:27 |
Wed 18 Aug 2010
Lucie Arnaz (#280) - August, 2010
Lucie Arnaz, the daughter of television legends Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, talks about how Angela Lansbury and Vivian Vance prompted her towards a career on the stage. She recalls her earliest appe…
01:01:25 |
Wed 11 Aug 2010
Jerry Zaks (#279) - July, 2010
Veteran director Jerry Zaks talks about his role as Creative Consultant on "The Addams Family" since joining the production after its opening in Chicago and the work he has planned for "Sister Act" a…
01:02:46 |
Wed 28 Jul 2010
Penny Fuller (#278) - July, 2010
While playing the "anchor role" in Off-Broadway's "Love, Loss and What I Wore", actress Penny Fuller talked about her wide-ranging career, noting (even to her own surprise) how many times she got rol…
01:02:53 |
Wed 21 Jul 2010
Charles Busch (#277) - July, 2010
As his play "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom" marks the 25th anniversary of its opening at the Provincetown Playhouse, playwright and actor Charles Busch recalls the circumstances surrounding the play's pr…
01:07:48 |
Wed 14 Jul 2010
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